I repent me of the ignorance wherein I ever said that God made man out of nothing: there is no nothing out of which to make anything; God is all in all, and he made us out of himself.
George MacDonaldIt matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing.
George MacDonaldThe miracles of Jesus were the ordinary works of his Father, wrought small and swift that we might take them in.
George MacDonaldThen the Old Man of the Earth stooped over the floor of the cave, raised a huge stone from it, and left it leaning. It disclosed a great hole that went plumb-down. "That is the way," he said. "But there are no stairs." "You must throw yourself in. There is no other way.
George MacDonald